COM - Communication

COM 10051 PROMOTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS (1)

Participation in target marketing, selling advertisement, sponsorship and producing advertisements for multiple forms of media. May be repeated for a total of eight credit hours (cumulative with COM 30051).

COM 10121 INTERCOLLEGIATE FORENSICS (3)

Provides students with active training in speech communications and includes traveling on the competitive speech and debate teams. May be taken up to eight semesters. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

COM 10163 INTRO TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION (3)

Provides an example-based overview of interpersonal communication skills, including how these skills affect individuals and groups in society. Emphasis is on personal and interpersonal strategies for understanding, appreciating, and managing communication skills in personal and career relationships.

COM 11023 SPEECH PREPARATION AND DELIVERY (3)

Provides instruction in speaking before a group. Development of speech content, organization, research, and delivery is emphasized. Includes practice of impromptu, persuasive, and informative speeches.

COM 12000 MEDIA PRODUCTION (1)

Laboratory brings together student skills in order to produce content appropriate for a 21st century convergent media environment.  Students work collaboratively to create and disseminate information and culture.  Coursework includes journalism, videography, photography, web and graphic design, and audio engineering.

COM 20051 DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION (1)

Students participate in media production, editing, design, publication of various digital media including web writing, web design, as well as video and sound for online media outlets. Course may be repeated for a total of 8 semester credit hours.

COM 20123 LAYOUT AND DESIGN (3)

Introduction to journalism editing skills, newsroom leadership and  design of newspapers and magazines, including typography, graphics and photographs.  Work related to production of web-based news pages.

COM 20165 MEDIA WRITING (3)

Covers fundamentals of news reporting and writing for broadcast media, public relations, advertising, and the Internet.

COM 20223 ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE (3)

Studies the principles of argumentation and practice in debate techniques with special emphasis on reasoning and research, case construction, refutation and rebuttal. Use of the collegiate debate question to give practical experience in various forms of debate. Prerequisite: COM 11023 Speech Preparation and Delivery.

COM 20361 NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION (1)

Participation in news gathering, production, editing and publication of the campus newspaper. May be repeated for a total of eight credit hours (cumulative with COM 30361). Prerequisite/Corequisite: COM 23263 News and Feature Reporting or consent of instructor.

COM 20523 PERFORMANCE STUDIES (3)

Develops the understanding that performances are a separate paradigm of communication. Class emphasizes the use of performance as a cultural artifact, a tool for persuasion and a method for processing information. Students research and analyze performances; they develop and create their own.

COM 20561 VIDEO PRODUCTION (1)

Participation in pre-production, production, and post-production of film and visual media, video web streaming, broadcasting, pod casts, and other original video projects. May be repeated for 8 credit hours (cumulative with COM 40561). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

COM 23263 NEWS AND FEATURE REPORTING (3)

Instruction in basic print news gathering, reporting and writing techniques. Emphasis given to methods of research and dissemination for twenty-first century news styles and delivery modes.

COM 23563 PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY (3)

Introduction to basic photographic techniques with emphasis on technical skills and aesthetic principles.

COM 23633 LANGUAGE OF FILM (3)

Examines the elements of cinema, terminology of film production, and introduces the field of film analysis. Focuses on film literacy including the awareness of the development of this medium and its genres, the audio and visual process of filmmaking, trends in the film industry and the analytic tools to learn to read films as informed and framed viewers.

COM 24003 CRITICAL LISTENING (3)

Course examines how environments are constructed to inhibit listening.  Poor listening habits lead to poor interpersonal and intercultural skills in both relational and leadership roles.  This course does not address the biological process of listening (i.e. hearing) but topics instead focus on the social and communicative nature of how we come to know, embody, and share meaning as well as research in Listening Studies to discover factors that cause information to be passively backgrounded.

COM 30051 ADVANCED PROMOTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS (1)

Participation in target marketing, selling advertisement, sponsorship and producing advertisements for multiple forms of media. May be repeated for a total of 8 credit hours (cumulative with COM 10051). Prerequisite: Permission of instructor or two credit hours of COM 10051 Promotions and Campaigns.

COM 30121 ADVANCED INTERCOLLEGIATE FORENSICS (1)

Provides students with in-depth training in speech communications and includes a commitment to traveling on the competitive speech and debate team. May be repeated for a total of 8 credit hours (cumulative with COM 10121). Prerequsite: Permission of instructor.

COM 30163 INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION (3)

Examines models of relational interaction, verbal and nonverbal messages, language use, critical listening, relational dynamics, self-concept, identity-management, disclosure, intimacy, defensiveness, supportiveness, perceptual processes, emotional influences, interpersonal conflicts, and the impact of gender, race and culture on communication.

COM 30263 SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION (3)

Examines task and social dimensions of group interaction, problem-solving, decision-making, roles, norms, leadership skills, cohesiveness, communication climates, conflict management, stages of group development, ethical behaviors, observation techniques, and analytic methods for evaluating group dynamics and accomplishments.

COM 30361 ADVANCED NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION (1)

Participation in news gathering, leadership, production, editing, and publication of the campus newspaper. May be repeated for a total of 8 credit hours (cumulative with COM 20361). Prerequisite/Corequisite: COM 23263 News and Feature Reporting, consent of instructor, or two semesters of COM 20361 Newspaper Production.

COM 30363 ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION (3)

Theory and practice of communication within organizations including interpersonal factors, motivation, change and conflict resolution and communication audit practices and procedures. Participate in communication audit of a local organization. Prerequisite: COM 30163 Interpersonal Communication or consent of instructor.

COM 30563 VISUAL COMMUNICATION (3)

Survey of the theory and practice of visual communication. Includes theoretical explanation, visual grammar and laboratory opportunities to apply and develop visual communication literacy. Provides strategies for effective visual communication.

COM 30566 PUBLIC RELATIONS (3)

Survey of public relations, including goal setting, attitude and opinion research, planning, implementation, evaluation and change. Emphasis on communication theory as an integral part of the public relations process.

COM 30663 ADVANCED PUBLIC SPEAKING (3)

Theory and practice in delivering common forms of verbal presentations to the community, organizations and at work. Development of speech content, organization and delivery. Practice of broadcasting, impromptu, persuasive, humorous, and informative speeches and presentations.

COM 33263 ADVANCED REPORTING & EDITING (3)

Instruction in intermediate and advanced newsgathering, reporting and writing techniques, editing for associated press style, grammar, quality, and elements of newspaper design and layout. Other topics include communication law and ethics. Work on campus student newspaper and/or yearbook provides laboratory component. Prerequisite: COM 23263 News and Feature Reporting.

COM 35563 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION (3)

Designed around special theories, practices or interests of an individual or group of students.

COM 36364 LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION (3)

Focus on leadership as action and understanding others and interpersonal theory as the connection between leadership and communication in an organizational context. Both didactic and experiential teaching methods used. Crosslisted with OAD 36364.

COM 36964 PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING (3)

Overview of advertising function and its role in the marketing mix. Examines advertising objectives and strategies, client-agency relationships and production techniques for various media. Crosslisted with OAD 36964.

COM 38000 INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE RESEARCH (1)

An introduction to basic concepts and tools used in online information research. Emphasis is placed on effective techniques for accessing and searching research databases, subject specific databases, and other specialized online resources. Strategies for critically evaluating information will also be discussed.

COM 39664 MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT (3)

Focus on leadership as action and understanding others and interpersonal theory as the connection between leadership and communication in an organizational context. Both didactic and experiential teaching methods used. Crosslisted with OAD 39664.

COM 39665 CRISIS COMMUNICATION (3)

Following a strategic approach for public relations, students explore the different communication activities taken in the different stages of a crisis, including precaution, planning-prevention, crisis coping, and post-crisis.

COM 39764 PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING (3)

Overview of advertising function and its role in the marketing mix. Examines advertising objectives and strategies, client-agency relationships and production techniques for various media. Crosslisted with OAD 36964.

COM 40051 ADVANCED DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION (1)

Provides student the opportunity to lead and manage the media production, editing, design, and publication of various digital media including media websites. Course may be repeated for a total of 6 semester credits.

COM 40163 COMMUNICATION LAW AND ETHICS (3)

Examines the law governing mass media as well as ethical dilemmas in media. Explores the process of establishing high standards as well as understanding choices to be made when faced with legal and ethical decisions regarding mass media.

COM 40164 INTERNATIONAL/INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (3)

Examines the impact of national and regional cultures, ethnicity, race, and additional cultural components on human communication in a variety of domestic and global contexts.

COM 40264 PERSUASION AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (3)

Emphasizes central role of persuasion in developing professional presentations for live and media audiences.

COM 40363 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION (3)

Focuses on advertising from a managerial viewpoint. Includes administration, advertising research agency relationships, media selection, budget regulation and campaign planning. 

COM 40464 PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION (3)

Study of assertive communication skills to diagnose and solve personal and professional communication problems, develop persuasive interviewing skills, listen and respond creatively, give and take productive criticism and use feedback to analyze and enhance communication.

COM 40561 ADVANCED VIDEO PRODUCTION (1)

Participation in pre-production, production, and post-production of film, audio, visual media, video web streaming, broadcast, pod cast, and leadership in original video production. May be repeated for a total of 8 credit hours (cumulative with COM 20561). Prerequisite:Consent of instructor or 2 credit hours of COM 20561 Video Production.

COM 41063 INTERNSHIP:COMMUNICATION I (3)

Broadcast, public relations, communication or other appropriate and relevant internship with a commercial or public radio, television station or at other businesses or services concerned with mass media, public relations, or an aspect of business communication. Provides opportunities to apply concepts, ideas and techniques acquired in class. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

COM 42063 INTERNSHIP:COMMUNICATION II (3)

Continuation of COM 41063 Internship: Communication. Broadcast, public relations, communication or other appropriate and relevant internship with commercial or public radio, television station or at other businesses or services concerned with mass media, public relations, or an aspect of business communication. Provides opportunities to apply concepts, ideas and techniques acquired in class. Prerequisite: COM 41063 Communication Law and Ethics and consent of instructor.

COM 43063 COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION (3)

Course applies concepts of speech and conflict theory.  Topics include enhancing skills in group facilitation, democratic deliberation, advanced argumentation strategies, and working with real communities to solve real problems through dialogue and deliberation.

COM 49100 SEMINAR IN APPLIED COMMUNICATION (4)

Capstone course that guides student in applying key communication theories and research to students' chosen specialization. Emphasis on pivotal role of communication professionals in organizations.

COM 49263 SENIOR COMPREHENSIVE (4)

Capstone course culminating in a project or paper fulfilling senior comprehensive examination requirements for a specific communication emphasis area. Must be taken in final semester of attendance.